Journal FirstICT4S 2026

Call for Journal First Papers

To provide a broader forum for reporting on scientific progress as well as practical experiences on ICT for sustainability, ICT4S 2026 invites submissions of papers recently published in related journals. Authors of recently published journal papers are invited to present their work at ICT4S 2026, therefore providing an opportunity for the authors to engage directly with the community and offering the attendees an additional dimension to the conference program.

Journal First papers should relate to ICT4S and describe original results that have not been presented at a conference. Papers that are extensions of previous conference papers are not eligible. For a journal paper to be eligible to participate, the paper must be:

• in scope of the conference (see the topics of interest below)
• accepted in one of the journals listed below
• accepted for publication after 01 January 2025 and before 31 December 2025

Global participation

The conference aims for a deep hybridization. Local and remote audiences will mix with local and remote presenters. Submit your work even if you won’t be able to travel to Bern, no matter which time zone you are in!

Topics of interest

Submissions should address the design, impacts, opportunities, risks, and potential solutions at the intersection of ICT and sustainability. Sample topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Paper types

To foster broad dialogue on scientific and practical advances in ICT for sustainability, ICT4S 2026 invites original research papers—from technical and empirical studies to application-driven and exploratory work.

List of considered journals:

T-SUSC, SUSCOM, Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change, Solutions, JSS, IST, GMD, JSDTL, Telematics and Informatics, STS, FGCS, EIA Review, IEEE Series on Green Communications and Computing Networks, INFOGG, Journal of Cleaner Production, JSME, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy, Energy Policy, TSE, TOSEM, Environmental Modelling & Software, IEEE Software, IEEE Computer, CACM, REEN, SoSyM, ASE, JOT, IJSEKE, IJCTT, IJSE, CSRD, JIIS, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal on Responsible Computing, IJHCS, TOCHI, ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies

We are aware that there are further suitable journals that publish ICT4S-related research. if you would like us to consider a paper published in another journal of equal reputation to those presented in the list, please contact the Journal First Chair: Christina Bremer (cb2374@cam.ac.uk).

Evaluation Process and Selection Criteria

Authors will be invited to present their journal paper at ICT4S 2026 after a check that the paper satisfies the criteria listed above. Since the papers have already been reviewed and accepted by the respective journals, they will not be reviewed again for their technical content.

In case an exceptionally high number of submissions is received, we may not be able to select all papers. In this case, priority will be given to the papers with authors that have no (or fewer) papers accepted at other ICT4S tracks. If we still need to select from papers with the same priority, we will choose papers that best fit the technical program, offering a balance across the conference topics.

Submission Process

• Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair. A submission link will be published soon.
• Select the “[ICT4S’26] Journal First Track” and submit your published journal paper together with a short cover letter (max. 2 pages) describing its relevance to ICT4S, merged into a single file.
• At least one author of each accepted Journal First paper is expected to register for the conference, either physically or virtually. Registered authors of the accepted Journal First papers will be allocated a slot during the conference to present their work.

The detailed timeline can be found below. Deadlines are binding and extensions are not planned.

Questions

In case of questions, please feel free to contact the track chair: Christina Bremer (cb2374@cam.ac.uk)